The parties must give 48 hours' notice to each other prior to any strike or lockout action, the CCMA said. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Association of Mineworkers and Construction ...

Over 30,000 workers are expected to walk picket lines starting at 18:00 local time, DW Akademie reported.. NUM wants a 14 percent increase in wages for miners and officials plus a 13 to 14 percent ...

South Africa's Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday it had stopped operations at its gold mines after two major unions began a strike over wages. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM ...

Both Amcu and Sibanye-Stillwater confirmed strike action had been ongoing at the company's South African gold mines, including Beatrix in the Free State, and Driefontein and Kloof in Gauteng ...

NUM, one of the biggest mining unions in South Africa, said it had secured a certificate to stage a strike after talks on a wage settlement in mediation with the companies at the Commission for ...

Members of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and United Association of South Africa (UASA) voted 62% in favour of a strike at Sibanye …

The recent dismissal of 92 miners at the Gold One gold mine after a violent strike raises serious concerns about workplace safety and worker conduct, says trade union solidarity. With a history of such incidents, the mining sector faces critical questions about ensuring a safe and harmonious work environment. Addressing the Gold One …

The rivalry between the AMCU and NUM unions is well known in South African mining circles and was partly behind one of the country's most horrific mining episodes, when 34 striking miners were ...

AS South African gold miners nationwide walked out on Tuesday, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) released a statement noting the “devastating" impact the strike will have on the economy.

As anticipated last week, about 80,000 South African gold miners went on strike Tuesday night after wage talks broke down, threatening to cause millions of …

Sibanye is among South African mining companies squeezing profits from some of the world's deepest and costly gold mining shafts. Its gold mines, which produced about 892,000 ounces last year ...

South Africa: Gold One Mine Speeds Up Disciplinary Action Against Workers allAfrica, 6 November 2023. Gold One has elected to speed up disciplinary action against 34 miners suspected to be ...

A looming miners' strike in South Africa could push gold prices up in the near-to-medium term. ... The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) controls the gold industry in South Africa. It wants an ...

The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. Following the demise of the ICU in the early 1940s, the mine workers were the first to challenge not only their employers, but the racist policies of the segregationist state of Jan Smuts.

Around 79% of NUM's members that voted at the Gauteng gold mines were in favour of a strike while only 18% were in favour of action at the Beatrix gold mine in the Free State. Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman said …

South Africa's two biggest mineworkers' unions said on Tuesday that workers at Sibanye Stillwater's platinum operations plan to go on strike to show their support for gold miners locked in a wage ...

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it was planning to strike at De Beers' Venetia mine after wage talks broke down, potentially disrupting operations at the diamond giant's new $2.3 billion underground facility.

The interdict, which the Labour Court granted against the AMCU and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Monday, prohibits the detention of Gold …

About 540 workers at Gold One International Ltd.'s Modder East mine have been prevented from returning to the surface by labor-union members after a dispute over recognition, according to a ...

A united labor force will present a different dynamic for South African mining companies. NUM and AMCU, the biggest unions in the gold sector, have previously refused to sit at the same ...

Item 1 of 2 Members of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), whose members have been on strike at Sibanye-Stillwater ...

OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF MINEWORKERS OF SOUTH AFRICA JONATHAN CRUSH ... Culture and Miners' Identity on the South African Gold Mines', in B. Bozzoli, (ed.), Town and ... Markham and M. Mothibeli, 'The 1987 Mineworkers' Strike', South African Labour Bulletin, 13 (1987), pp. 58-75. 8. In this paper, union commitment is …

The national strike is widely considered to have begun at Cortonwood Colliery in South Yorkshire on 5 March 1984 after miners learned the NCB wanted to speed up plans to close their pit. Two weeks ...

South Africa's labour court ruled Monday that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), which is leading the five-month strike in the platinum sector, are not allowed to take ...

Over 80,000 South African gold miners launched a strike Tuesday against what union officials call "slave wages" and employer "arrogance," bringing one of the country's key industries to a screeching halt.. The AMC government-allied National Union of Miners, which represents 64 percent of the approximately 120,000 gold miners in …

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has warned of countrywide mass action against the mining sector if companies do not heed their calls to reverse …

The NUM represents about 64% of South Africa's 120,000 gold miners. South Africans were shocked last year when police shot dead 34 platinum miners during an unofficial strike called by a rival ...

"Because of the intransigent attitude of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines towards the legitimate demands of the workers for a minimum wage of 10 shillings per day and better conditions of work, this meeting of African miners resolves to embark upon a general strike of all Africans employed on the gold mines, as from August 12, 1946."

More than 200,000 black miners went on strike at 46 of South Africa's gold and coal mines Sunday night to support their demands for a 30% pay increase and demonstrate the growing political and ...

Members of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and United Association of South Africa (UASA) voted 62% in favour of a strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold mines. The strike ballot report is from South Africa's Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration were the overall tally shows support for industrial …